Games that use a chessboard
- There must be quite a few that I don't know about and good ones too (I hope)
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- Posted Sat Feb 4, 2006 10:14 am
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- There's lots of reasons why I don't play chess nowadays (how many games in ths database?) but I think it is truely a great game. I realise that there are many varients so I'd onnly like significant ones listed, but I'll leave that to you.
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- Or draughts as I know it. Thoughts on this classic?
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- I'm looking forward to trying this one but I haven't got around to it yet.
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- Jeff WolfeUnited States
Columbus
Ohio
Zendo fan, Columbus Blue Jackets fan, Dominion Fan.
- The first thing I thought of when I saw the title.
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- Played on a 64 square board.
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- Played on a 64 square board.
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- Kage can be played with a chessboard, two pawns, and a bunch of toothpicks.
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- Dan RosewaterSwitzerland
Zürich
Switzerland
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Designed to use the same board and pieces provided in a standard Chess set, Arimaa is the first game created intentionally to be difficult for computers to play. The number of possible moves at each turn in Arimaa is almost 1000 times that of Chess.
There is a reward of $10,000 for the first person or company that can build a computer program that can defeat a selected human Arimaa player prior to 2020.
The complete rules of the game are available at the http://www.arimaa.com/ website where visitors can also use an online tutorial.
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- You have to ignore some squares in the corners, but it uses a chessboard.
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First game I thought of when I saw this list
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Uses an 8x8 board.
Failed miserably, but has some interesting play mechanics.
I picked up a bunch of cheap pieces and I'm giving them away to the Halloweeners tonight along with a copy of the instructions.
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- Mask your chess board to 7X7, grab some checkers and you're good to go...
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- Well, it basically modifies a normal game of chess but I think it would apply to this list.
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- Although I haven't played this, I stumbled upon it when I wasn't checking out current abstract gaming fare. It was a 2001 winner at some notable game design competition. Click the game's name for details.
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- A free download and very very light game that is played on a chessboard.
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- What about this one?
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- As Sonja mentioned, a lot of Icehouse games use a chessboard. This is one of my favorites; it's a game where you build little programs of 5 instructions and then everyone's programs execute simultaneously.
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Chessboard & lasers.
Who can ask for more?
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- 8 x 8 grid. Other than that...
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- Running Six on a Checkerboard...is a modification of the Kookaburra Game, and (no surprise) uses the beautifully sculpted Kookaburra Game pieces. RSoaC is only for 2 players; both players have an extra kangaroo; and the rules are modified as well, to make it an adult strategy game.
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- Book by Stephen Addison, 1983. Haven't read it.
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- 2 players, each having 1 king, 2 circles, 3 triangles, 4 squares. Checkmate your opponent's king, or move your king to the opposite corner to win.
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- This one is a stretch for this list. Force Intriguing Games has a 24-space track (block off corner spaces on the chessboard), and players head for the center 4 squares for "home." First player to get 3 soldiers home wins.
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- Another 7x7 board. (as is Laska)
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- This deserves a special mention. Played on a 6x8 board.
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